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    How to see Mac HDD in All my files finder on Lion

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sjones0812, Sep 13, 2011.

  1. sjones0812

    sjones0812 Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK, I know if I go to my HDD I can see everything... but my question is.

    When you click on the finder from the dock, it gives you the "All my files" view and favorites.

    I can't seem to navigate to the root of the HDD from this view.

    Am I not seeing something? Is there a way to add the Mac HDD to the favorites list?
     
    sjones0812, Sep 13, 2011
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    yeah... this is pretty stupid defaults

    go in Finder to Preferences, and under Sidebar and checkmark the things you want to show.
     
    doh123, Sep 13, 2011
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    sjones0812 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks...that did it.
     
    sjones0812, Sep 13, 2011
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    I am not sure why Apple took that off by default in Lion. They even stopped external hard drives, thumb drives, and internal/external optical discs from showing up on the desktop by default. Those too have to be enabled through the Finder preferences. I think this is an example of a company trying so hard to make things simple that they actually only further complicate the matter.
     
    kornchild2002, Sep 13, 2011
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